"Congratulations Louise, that is good progress. Apologies, I have been a bit scarce lately, will do my best to get here more often. Winter is coming for us so will be forced to spend more time indoors."

Here's a great story of overcoming adversity. I just published a post on my blog about Gavin Maitland who received a double lung transplant 5 years ago and has now swum from Alcatraz to San Francisco. There is a link to a BBC video about him in the post. Check it out here Alcatraz swim I have started a new horse oriented blog as a joint venture with Nancy Stephens an accomplished horse…See More

"True success is a result of WHO YOU ARE. Not the conditions that surround you.
True success is not a probability.
It's an ABSOLUTE FACT based on who you are choosing to be:
How do you live your life every day?
How do…"

"Here are the 10 PARADOXICAL COMMANDMENTS FOR LEADERSHIP:
1. People are illogical and self-centered; but love them anyway.
2. If you do good people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives; do good anyway.
3. If you're…"

"It sounds good and I believe that one must love him/herself. This is an important part of not being lonely, but when you are alone, no matter how much you love yourself there is still an emptiness within that can only be filled by the warmth,…"

Guest author and artist Andrea Kahn contributed her story of overcoming adversity as a child and young woman, then combining her skills and passion to create an unusual business. She also describes how she mastered her fear of water. Diving In In the most recent post on the blog, I explore gratitude and suggest how it can shield us from negativity. …See More

Guest author and artist Andrea Kahn contributed her story of overcoming adversity as a child and young woman, then combining her skills and passion to create an unusual business. She also describes how she mastered her fear of water.

It's been a while since I was here, the last month has seemed as if I have been a hamster in an exercise wheel or for you Australians, I guess the analogy would be a kangaroos chasing an irrigation centre pivot system.

Whatever, I had a commitment to help out a fellow farmer (and earn some extra cash) buy managing his 3 greenhouses this Spring. That has been taking 2 to 3 hours a day.